Hand-tool.



N0 MODEL.

PATENTED JUNE 28, 1904. W. W. BARTON.

HAND TOOL.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 25. 1903.

mum/V7019 ATTORNE UNITED STATES Patented June 28, 1904.

'ILLIAM vV. BARTON, OF SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH.

HAN D-TOOL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 763,352, dated June28, 1904.

Application filed March 25,1903.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, l/VILLIAM W. BARTON, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Salt Lake City, in the county of Salt Lake and Stateof Utah, have invented a new and Improved Hand-Tool, of which thefollowing is a full, clear. and exact description.

This invention relates to a hand-operated device especially useful inunscrewing or otherwise removing the caps or covers of jars, cans, andlike receptacles and also useful as a wrench for various other purposes.

The device comprises, briefly stated, two jaw-like members havinghandles at one end and a chain or other means for adj ustably connectingtogether their opposite ends. Connected with the chain is a spike, whichis employed in connection with the jaws for prying off covers or forvarious other purposes, as will suggest themselves during the practicaluse of the device.

This specification is an exact description of one example of myinvention, while the claim defines the actual scope thereof.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming apart ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a perspective View of the invention. Fig. 2 is a plan viewshowing the invention in use, and Fig. 3 is a sectional View showing theinvention in use.

(4 indicates the two jaws of the device, which are in the form of bars,as shown, and have handles a at one end. One of said jaws rt has at theother end a hook a and these ends of the jaws are connected by a chain7), the links of which are enlarged or opened, so that any one of saidlinks may be engaged with the hook a thus to vary the length of theconnection between thej'aWs 0. Connected with the chain b intermediateits length is a second chain 0 or equivalent connection, and from thischain c is hung a spike or prying-tool (Z, preferably formed with aslightlybent and pointed end d.

The inner faces of the jaws a are formed with two groups of serrations,designated a and a", respectively, the group 0 being the larger andbeing formed on a curve, so that they may be effectively engaged with acircu- Serial No. 149,495. (No model.)

lar cover in the manner illustrated in Fig. 2. The other group of teeth,(5, is relatively small and curved on a shorter radius, so as to adaptthese parts of the jaws a to grip smaller articles, such as a pipe ornut. On the upper sides of the jaws a ledges a are formed or fastenedthereto, and said ledges are each intended to serve as fulcrum on whichto rock the spike (Z.

In using the invention the chain 6 should be adjusted until the jaws aproperly engage the article which is to be operated upon, and then bygrasping the handles a the jaws may be operated as desired. If thevessel-closure is not a threaded one, it may be first loosened by theapplication of the jaws a, and then by gripping the receptacle below theclosure and placing the spike (Z on one of the ledges a the point of thespike may be engaged with the inclosure, and by nsing the spike as alever said cover may be lifted from its seat. Various other operationsmay be performed with the tool, as will be apparent, and this adapts itto general household and domestic uses.

Various changes in the form, proportion, and minor details of theinvention may be resorted to at will without departing from the spiritand scope thereof. Hence I consider myself entitled to all suchvariations as may lie within the intent of my claim.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- A tool, comprising two jaws having handle portions atone end and each havinga raised portion or ledge intermediate its ends,a chain having its ends respectively connected with the ends of the jawsopposite the handle portions thereof, one of the jaws having a hookthereon with which the intermediate links of the chain are capable ofintermediate connection, for the purpose specified, and a spike orprying-tool connected to the chain intermediate the ends thereof.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two su bscribing witnesses WVILLIAM W. BARTON. l/Vitnesses:

SAM RANEY, J. J. OoRUM.

